La vie secrète des jeunes #2

Riad Sattouf's La vie secrète des jeunes II arrives from L'Association with a cover as striking as the slice-of-life humor inside: a bold blue field frames a star-shaped vignette in which a tattooed young woman cradles a baby alongside a round-faced young man, the whole scene edged with a wild, flame-like border. The graphic simplicity — line art in cream against deep blue — captures Sattouf's knack for finding something both tender and absurd in everyday youth culture. A worthy 2010 addition to any francophone comics shelf.